Clippers’ Baron Davis, Marcus Camby to appear in ‘ER’ finale?
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The leading cause of injuries in NBA isn’t putting on a Clippers jersey. But you should keep your orthopedic surgeon on speed dial, right next your agent and maybe a big-tent faith healer.
Baron Davis and Marcus Camby are the latest to find that there may be no Donald Sterling silver lining to being a second-class NBA citizen in Los Angeles. Pain is involved.
Davis signed a $65-million contract, then suffered a partial tear in a finger ligament. Clippers officials wiped their sweaty brows when word came that Davis was out for only a week. Camby was acquired in a trade with the Denver Nuggets, but will sit out the preseason with a bruised heel.
Davis and Camby can consider themselves lucky ... so far. There is a Murphy’s Law tradition that comes with the Clippers wheeling and dealing. Consider:
Danny Manning was the No. 1 pick overall in 1988. He played 26 games before tearing his anterior cruciate ligament.
Ron Harper was acquired in a trade with Cleveland, arguably the L.A. Clippers first major deal, in 1989. He played 28 games, then tore his anterior cruciate ligament.
Shaun Livingston was the fourth-overall pick in 2004. He was limited to 30 games because of a dislocated knee and shoulder injury and suffered a severe knee injury in 2007.
Elton Brand, Loy Vaught and Lamar Odom are among of the others who proved you can’t spell ‘Clipper’ without an ‘ER.’
Of course, Livingston, who signed with the Miami Heat last summer, can take heart. Harper won five NBA titles after leaving the Clippers.
-- Chris Foster
